José Marin Plazuelo of Granada - Bouchet model

Year:

2008

Body:

A Special with highly-figured African satinwood - turraeanthus africanus - also referred to as Avodire or African white mahogany with white to creamy gold-coloring - a gorgeous wood that is hard, dense and works superbly as a tonewood. Rosewood bridge.

Front:

European spruce

Tuners:

Rubner with ebony buttons.

Scale:

65cm

Neck Width:

52mm at the nut

Condition:

New. A simply fabulous-looking, unique guitar from José. The neck contour, fingerboard relief and fret profile are all to our specifications for maximum ease of playability.

Comments:

These spruce guitars are of course are extremely similar to those of his uncle Antonio Marin Montero. This particular guitar is crisp, focussed, quick and with good bass depth. There is some small difference from the rosewood guitars though the different character is hard to put into words - but we love it. They have clarity, good volume, some warmth and are very responsive when wanting tone changes. I have no doubt that the sound and general quality of José's guitars have really come up to an extraordinary high level in the last two or three years. Because of the frequency with which we buy guitars from this workshop and the fact that we go to check and collect every one, we are offered the best of the materials and quality of set-up which makes a difference for you the buyer.